diff --git a/CI/before_script.osx.sh b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
index 164208f49..c3822291d 100755
--- a/CI/before_script.osx.sh
+++ b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ cmake \
 -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
 -D OPENMW_OSX_DEPLOYMENT=TRUE \
 -D DESIRED_QT_VERSION=5 \
--D OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT/lib/osgPlugins-3.4.0" \
 -D BUILD_ESMTOOL=FALSE \
 -D BUILD_MYGUI_PLUGIN=FALSE \
 -G"Unix Makefiles" \
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d73644b4..77ff2416d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,55 +221,16 @@ IF(BOOST_STATIC)
 endif()
 
 find_package(OpenSceneGraph 3.3.4 REQUIRED osgDB osgViewer osgText osgGA osgAnimation osgParticle osgUtil osgFX)
-
 include_directories(${OPENSCENEGRAPH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
+get_filename_component(OSG_LIB_DIR ${OSGDB_LIBRARY} DIRECTORY)
+set(OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR "${OSG_LIB_DIR}/osgPlugins-${OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION}")
+
 if(OSG_STATIC)
-   macro(use_static_osg_plugin_library PLUGIN_NAME)
-      set(PLUGIN_NAME_DBG ${PLUGIN_NAME}d ${PLUGIN_NAME}D ${PLUGIN_NAME}_d ${PLUGIN_NAME}_D ${PLUGIN_NAME}_debug ${PLUGIN_NAME})
-
-      # For now, users wishing to do a static build will need to pass the path to where the plugins reside
-      # More clever logic would need to deduce the path, probably installed under <OpenSceneGraph>/lib/osgPlugins-<X.X.X>
-      include(FindPkgMacros)
-      find_library(${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY_REL NAMES ${PLUGIN_NAME} HINTS ${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH})
-      find_library(${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY_DBG NAMES ${PLUGIN_NAME_DBG} HINTS ${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH})
-      make_library_set(${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY)
-
-      if("${${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY}" STREQUAL "")
-         message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find static OpenSceneGraph plugin: ${PLUGIN_NAME}")
-      endif()
+    add_definitions(-DOSG_LIBRARY_STATIC)
 
-      set(OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES} ${${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY})
-   endmacro()
-
-   add_definitions(-DOSG_LIBRARY_STATIC)
-
-   set(PLUGIN_LIST
-       osgdb_png # depends on libpng, zlib
-       osgdb_tga
-       osgdb_dds
-       osgdb_jpeg # depends on libjpeg
-       )
-
-   foreach(PLUGIN ${PLUGIN_LIST})
-      use_static_osg_plugin_library(${PLUGIN})
-   endforeach()
-
-   # OSG static plugins need to linked against their respective dependencies
-   set(PLUGIN_DEPS_LIST
-       PNG # needed by osgdb_png
-       ZLIB # needed by osgdb_png
-       JPEG # needed by osgdb_jpeg
-       )
-
-   macro(use_static_osg_plugin_dep DEPENDENCY)
-      find_package(${DEPENDENCY} REQUIRED)
-
-      set(OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES} ${${DEPENDENCY}_LIBRARIES})
-   endmacro()
-   foreach(DEPENDENCY ${PLUGIN_DEPS_LIST})
-      use_static_osg_plugin_dep(${DEPENDENCY})
-   endforeach()
+    find_package(OSGPlugins REQUIRED COMPONENTS osgdb_png osgdb_tga osgdb_dds osgdb_jpeg)
+    list(APPEND OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES ${OSGPlugins_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(QT_STATIC)
@@ -764,11 +725,14 @@ if (APPLE)
                       )
 
     foreach (PLUGIN_NAME ${USED_OSG_PLUGINS})
-      set(PLUGIN_ABS "${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so")
+      set(PLUGIN_ABS "${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so")
       set(ABSOLUTE_PLUGINS ${PLUGIN_ABS} ${ABSOLUTE_PLUGINS})
     endforeach ()
 
-    get_filename_component(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX_DIR "${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}" NAME)
+    get_filename_component(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX_DIR "${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}" NAME)
+    if (NOT OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX_DIR)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't get directory name for OSG plugins from '${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}'")
+    endif()
 
     # installs used plugins in bundle at given path (bundle_path must be relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
     # and returns list of install paths for all installed plugins
diff --git a/cmake/FindOSGPlugins.cmake b/cmake/FindOSGPlugins.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8220f33d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindOSGPlugins.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# This module accepts the following env variable
+#  OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR - <OpenSceneGraph>/lib/osgPlugins-<X.X.X> , path to search plugins
+#
+# Once done this will define
+#  OSGPlugins_FOUND         - System has the all required components.
+#  OSGPlugins_LIBRARIES     - Link these to use the required osg plugins components.
+#
+# Components:
+#   - osgdb_png
+#   - osgdb_tga
+#   - osgdb_dds
+#   - osgdb_jpeg
+
+include(LibFindMacros)
+include(Findosg_functions)
+
+if (NOT OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR)
+    set(_mode WARNING)
+    if (OSGPlugins_FIND_REQUIRED)
+        set(_mode FATAL_ERROR)
+    endif()
+    message(${_mode} "OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR variable must be set")
+endif()
+
+foreach(_library ${OSGPlugins_FIND_COMPONENTS})
+    string(TOUPPER ${_library} _library_uc)
+    set(_component OSGPlugins_${_library})
+
+    set(${_library_uc}_DIR ${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}) # to help function osg_find_library
+    set(_saved_lib_prefix ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}) # save CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES "") # search libraries with no prefix
+    osg_find_library(${_library_uc} ${_library}) # find it into ${_library_uc}_LIBRARIES
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES ${_saved_lib_prefix}) # restore prefix
+
+    if (${_library_uc}_LIBRARIES)
+        set(${_component}_LIBRARY ${${_library_uc}_LIBRARIES}) # fake as if we call find_library
+    else()
+        set(${_component}_LIBRARY ${_component}_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND)
+    endif()
+
+    list(APPEND OSGPlugins_PROCESS_LIBS ${_component}_LIBRARY)
+endforeach()
+
+foreach(_dependency PNG ZLIB JPEG) # needed by osgdb_png or osgdb_jpeg
+    libfind_package(OSGPlugins ${_dependency})
+    set(${_dependency}_LIBRARY_OPTS ${_dependency}_LIBRARY)
+    #list(APPEND OSGPlugins_PROCESS_LIBS ${_dependency}_LIBRARY)
+endforeach()
+
+libfind_process(OSGPlugins)
diff --git a/cmake/FindPkgMacros.cmake b/cmake/FindPkgMacros.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 473b27b2a..000000000
--- a/cmake/FindPkgMacros.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This file is part of the CMake build system for OGRE
-#     (Object-oriented Graphics Rendering Engine)
-# For the latest info, see http://www.ogre3d.org/
-#
-# The contents of this file are placed in the public domain. Feel
-# free to make use of it in any way you like.
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-##################################################################
-# Provides some common functionality for the FindPackage modules
-##################################################################
-
-# Begin processing of package
-macro(findpkg_begin PREFIX)
-  if (NOT ${PREFIX}_FIND_QUIETLY)
-    message(STATUS "Looking for ${PREFIX}...")
-  endif ()
-endmacro(findpkg_begin)
-
-# Display a status message unless FIND_QUIETLY is set
-macro(pkg_message PREFIX)
-  if (NOT ${PREFIX}_FIND_QUIETLY)
-    message(STATUS ${ARGN})
-  endif ()
-endmacro(pkg_message)
-
-# Get environment variable, define it as ENV_$var and make sure backslashes are converted to forward slashes
-macro(getenv_path VAR)
-   set(ENV_${VAR} $ENV{${VAR}})
-   # replace won't work if var is blank
-   if (ENV_${VAR})
-     string( REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "/" ENV_${VAR} ${ENV_${VAR}} )
-   endif ()
-endmacro(getenv_path)
-
-# Construct search paths for includes and libraries from a PREFIX_PATH
-macro(create_search_paths PREFIX)
-  foreach(dir ${${PREFIX}_PREFIX_PATH})
-    set(${PREFIX}_INC_SEARCH_PATH ${${PREFIX}_INC_SEARCH_PATH}
-      ${dir}/include ${dir}/Include ${dir}/include/${PREFIX} ${dir}/Headers)
-    set(${PREFIX}_LIB_SEARCH_PATH ${${PREFIX}_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}
-      ${dir}/lib ${dir}/Lib ${dir}/lib/${PREFIX} ${dir}/Libs)
-    set(${PREFIX}_BIN_SEARCH_PATH ${${PREFIX}_BIN_SEARCH_PATH}
-      ${dir}/bin)
-  endforeach(dir)
-  set(${PREFIX}_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATH ${${PREFIX}_PREFIX_PATH})
-endmacro(create_search_paths)
-
-# clear cache variables if a certain variable changed
-macro(clear_if_changed TESTVAR)
-  # test against internal check variable
-  # HACK: Apparently, adding a variable to the cache cleans up the list
-  # a bit. We need to also remove any empty strings from the list, but
-  # at the same time ensure that we are actually dealing with a list.
-  list(APPEND ${TESTVAR} "")
-  list(REMOVE_ITEM ${TESTVAR} "")
-  if (NOT "${${TESTVAR}}" STREQUAL "${${TESTVAR}_INT_CHECK}")
-    message(STATUS "${TESTVAR} changed.")
-    foreach(var ${ARGN})
-      set(${var} "NOTFOUND" CACHE STRING "x" FORCE)
-    endforeach(var)
-  endif ()
-  set(${TESTVAR}_INT_CHECK ${${TESTVAR}} CACHE INTERNAL "x" FORCE)
-endmacro(clear_if_changed)
-
-# Try to get some hints from pkg-config, if available
-macro(use_pkgconfig PREFIX PKGNAME)
-  find_package(PkgConfig)
-  if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-    pkg_check_modules(${PREFIX} ${PKGNAME})
-  endif ()
-endmacro (use_pkgconfig)
-
-# Couple a set of release AND debug libraries (or frameworks)
-macro(make_library_set PREFIX)
-  if (${PREFIX}_FWK)
-    set(${PREFIX} ${${PREFIX}_FWK})
-  elseif (${PREFIX}_REL AND ${PREFIX}_DBG)
-    set(${PREFIX} optimized ${${PREFIX}_REL} debug ${${PREFIX}_DBG})
-  elseif (${PREFIX}_REL)
-    set(${PREFIX} ${${PREFIX}_REL})
-  elseif (${PREFIX}_DBG)
-    set(${PREFIX} ${${PREFIX}_DBG})
-  endif ()
-endmacro(make_library_set)
-
-# Generate debug names from given release names
-macro(get_debug_names PREFIX)
-  foreach(i ${${PREFIX}})
-    set(${PREFIX}_DBG ${${PREFIX}_DBG} ${i}d ${i}D ${i}_d ${i}_D ${i}_debug ${i})
-  endforeach(i)
-endmacro(get_debug_names)
-
-# Add the parent dir from DIR to VAR 
-macro(add_parent_dir VAR DIR)
-  get_filename_component(${DIR}_TEMP "${${DIR}}/.." ABSOLUTE)
-  set(${VAR} ${${VAR}} ${${DIR}_TEMP})
-endmacro(add_parent_dir)
-
-# Do the final processing for the package find.
-macro(findpkg_finish PREFIX)
-  # skip if already processed during this run
-  if (NOT ${PREFIX}_FOUND)
-    if (${PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR AND ${PREFIX}_LIBRARY)
-      set(${PREFIX}_FOUND TRUE)
-      set(${PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${${PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR})
-      set(${PREFIX}_LIBRARIES ${${PREFIX}_LIBRARY})
-      if (NOT ${PREFIX}_FIND_QUIETLY)
-        message(STATUS "Found ${PREFIX}: ${${PREFIX}_LIBRARIES}")
-      endif ()
-    else ()
-      if (NOT ${PREFIX}_FIND_QUIETLY)
-        message(STATUS "Could not locate ${PREFIX}")
-      endif ()
-      if (${PREFIX}_FIND_REQUIRED)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Required library ${PREFIX} not found! Install the library (including dev packages) and try again. If the library is already installed, set the missing variables manually in cmake.")
-      endif ()
-    endif ()
-
-    mark_as_advanced(${PREFIX}_INCLUDE_DIR ${PREFIX}_LIBRARY ${PREFIX}_LIBRARY_REL ${PREFIX}_LIBRARY_DBG ${PREFIX}_LIBRARY_FWK)
-  endif ()
-endmacro(findpkg_finish)
-
-
-# Slightly customised framework finder
-MACRO(findpkg_framework fwk)
-  IF(APPLE)
-    SET(${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH
-      ${${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATH}
-      ${CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH}
-      ~/Library/Frameworks
-      /Library/Frameworks
-      /System/Library/Frameworks
-      /Network/Library/Frameworks
-      /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/Release
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/Debug
-    )
-    # These could be arrays of paths, add each individually to the search paths
-    foreach(i ${OGRE_PREFIX_PATH})
-      set(${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH ${${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH} ${i}/lib/Release ${i}/lib/Debug)
-    endforeach(i)
-
-    foreach(i ${OGRE_PREFIX_BUILD})
-      set(${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH ${${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH} ${i}/lib/Release ${i}/lib/Debug)
-    endforeach(i)
-
-    FOREACH(dir ${${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH})
-      SET(fwkpath ${dir}/${fwk}.framework)
-      IF(EXISTS ${fwkpath})
-        SET(${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_INCLUDES ${${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_INCLUDES}
-          ${fwkpath}/Headers ${fwkpath}/PrivateHeaders)
-        SET(${fwk}_FRAMEWORK_PATH ${dir})
-        if (NOT ${fwk}_LIBRARY_FWK)
-          SET(${fwk}_LIBRARY_FWK "-framework ${fwk}")
-        endif ()
-      ENDIF(EXISTS ${fwkpath})
-    ENDFOREACH(dir)
-  ENDIF(APPLE)
-ENDMACRO(findpkg_framework)